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Start Times, TV Announced For Select Football Games

Start times and television information for four University of Iowa 2026 football home games, including the first three contests, were announced Wednesday by the Big Ten Conference.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Start times and television information for four University of Iowa 2026 football home games, including the first three contests, were announced Wednesday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, CBS, NBC and FOX television networks.

The Hawkeyes open the season with three straight nonconference home games. The Sept. 5 season-opener against Northern Illinois in Kinnick Stadium is slated for an unconventional 3:15 p.m. (CT) kickoff on BTN.

The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game versus Iowa State will be under the lights beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 and airing on NBC, while Iowa’s nonconference finale versus UNI will start mid-afternoon at 3 p.m. and will be televised on FS1. The contest against the Cyclones will mark just the third time that clash in Iowa City will be contested in primetime (2002, 2016).

Iowa’s West Coast game at Washington on Friday, Oct. 9, was previously announced for an 8 p.m. (CT) kickoff and will be televised on FOX or FS1.

The Hawkeyes will be Homecoming visitors at Minnesota (Oct. 24); that time is TBD but will start between 2-7 p.m. Iowa’s Homecoming game against Wisconsin on Oct. 31 will kickoff no later than 4 p.m.

Iowa’s regular season finale, Friday, Nov. 27, against Nebraska will have an early start time of 11 a.m. in Iowa City with CBS carrying the contest.

Kickoff times for all other games will be selected during the in-season 12-/6-day selection process, per the media rights agreements between the Big Ten Conference and its television partners.

Mini plan ticket packages will be on sale June 8 for donors and June 11 for general public. Sales for group tickets and Hawkeye Village ticket & tailgate packages begin July 6, while single game tickets go on sale for donors on July 13 and to the general public on July 16. Fight for Iowa mobile passes are already sold out.

University of Iowa faculty/staff should contact the University of Iowa Athletics Ticket Office for season tickets. Season tickets for incoming UI students will be available June 16. The UI Athletics Ticket Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS.

Date Opponent Time (CT) TV
Sept. 5 Northern Illinois 3:15 p.m. BTN
Sept. 12 Iowa State 6:30 p.m. NBC
Sept. 19 UNI 3 p.m. FS1
Oct. 9 (Fri.) at Washington 8 p.m. FOX or FS1
Nov. 27 (Fri.) Nebraska 11 a.m. CBS